Throughout this fall trimester at Beach Middle School, about 20 students in Brian Boos’ WEB (Where Everyone Belongs) leadership class are learning what it’s like to be teachers.
The class, comprised of Madison Adkins, Nicholas Bleise, Grace Boote, Leif Bragg, Grace Bush, Maxwell Caselli, Blake Engler, Delaney Krause, Logan Mahalak, Katelyn McKinley, Audrey Phillips, Alexa Quintana, Joshua Rigotti, Greta Robbins, Rose Soriano, Peyton Vandegrift, Ellie and Emma Verrette, develop lessons for the 6th graders and teach them once a week.
“It’s not just presenting, it’s a 45-50 minute lesson,” Boos said, with a limited amount of time to prepare.
During this class, they were teaching 6th-graders about the power of asking specific questions. Prior to the 6th-graders arriving in their classrooms, two candy bars were hidden inside.
The student who asked the question that led to the location of the candy bar was awarded the treat.
For some classes, this was an easy task; for others, it took a lot longer for them to ask the correct questions.
Former leadership class student Lynnae Cooley took the class while at Beach and said the class encouraged her leadership abilities.
“WEB helped me not lose confidence” as a leader when she left Beach Middle School where she was one of the oldest students — to attend Chelsea High School where she had to start all over as one of the youngest.
She also admitted that for her middle school was the worst two years of her life so today, as a cadet teacher, she is helping students at Beach to make sure they don’t have the negative experience that she did.
“I’m here to try and make things better for all students,” she said of her student teaching experience.
Please enjoy the photo gallery below from the classes.
